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7Sth Year No. 123 Good Morning! It's Saturday, February 5, 1983 2 Sections 12 Pages 25 Cents
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Sen. Norman Merrell assists Columbia construction workers. bhmcni
Campaigning for governor can be tough
By Michael Sawteki
Mlssourian staff writer
Sen. Norman L. Merrell came to
Columbia Fnday to demonstrate
how duly a business politics can
really be, especially if you're run-ning
for governor.
He spent the day laying the foun-dation
for his campaign by helping
tear up a floor at the Woodrail subdi-vision
south of the city. Others have
strolled into the governor's mansion;
Merrell hopes to get there through
manual labor.
" The idea is to work side by side
with everyone," explains Merrell, D- MontJc- eQo
" This gives me a chance
to discuss what problems people
face."
Dressed in coveralls and work
boots, the president pro- te- m of the
Senate sweated alongside employees
of the Charles Bice Construction Co.,
who are remodeling a triplex. The
others got paid; Merrell, who spent
the day shoveling debris and moving
materials, didn't.
With any hick, though, the gim- -
mick could pay off m the 1984 prima-ries,
then the general election in No-vember.
It did for another Democrat, Flor-ida
Gov. Bob Graham, from whom
Merrell freely admits he got the
idea. Merrell says Graham spent the
months before Florida's 1979 prima-ry
sharing the toil of those he hoped
would become his constituents.
The ambitious senator says his ef-fort,
the first of its kind in Missouri
politics, is designed to enable him to
learn first hand about the concerns
of MJssourians
" I did not want to make it a politi-cal
ploy," says Merrell, who plans to
announce his candidacy for governor
Feb. 11. Participatory politicking is
a tune- honore- d American tradition,
though perhaps its most famous pro-ponent
was AdTai Stevenson, who
wore out dozens of shoes in the 1950s
walking the country in hopes the
campaign trail would lead him into
the White House. Others have since
followed the same course, but Gra-ham's
approach has been less widely
publicized.
" I analyzed his program and mod-ified
it a bit," says Merrell
So far the senator has worked at
five jobs mounting truck beds at a
factory in Sedalia, caring for pa-tients
in a nursing home in
Kirksville, moving stainless steel
milk tanks in a factory in Springfield
and working on the docks at St Jo-seph
Merrell, who will work in a
hospital in Sw. Louis next week, has
more than 100 jobs lined up across
the state for the next several
months
" People are distant at first," Mer-rell
says. " But when they know you
are sincere, when you really do the
work, they begin to open up."
A cloud of dust billowed around
Men- ell'- s gray head as he dumped a
load of concrete chips, shattered
lumber and lengths of wire mesh
into the back of a pickup truck.
" People want to know that there
will be a better place for their chil-dren
to live," says Merrell, who
adds that unemployment and the
high cost of utilities are the com-plaints
he has heard most often.
Hard work is the key to Merrell's
' Working Together" program Fri-day
he showed up at the job carrying
a sack lunch and his own work glov-es
he calls ahead to determine
what attire he'll need, he says, and
whether there's dining facilities
nearby. His conscientiousness has
made him a popular albeit tempo-rary
employee
But he's popular with more than
just employers who get a free day of
labor from the energetic 59- year--
old.
" We figured he'd just come here
for show," said Steve Rice of 4326
Bethney Drive, one of the laborers
who chatted with the senator when
their chores took them within
earshot of one another Fnday, " but
he put in a full day and really
worked hard "
Merrell is used to the daily gnnd
Not only has he spent 12 years in the
Senate, but he works his own farm in
Northeast Missouri
" He comes across like a real coun-try
boy," says Rice, " easy going I
don't know; we'll probably invite
him out for a beer after work."
Hepatitis strikes seven at University Hospital,
where doctors, unsure of what happened, keep
Trying to solve Colombia's medical mystery
By Chris Beniley and Cathy Seabaugh
Mlssourian staff writers
Seven people have come down with hepatuas-- B
at University Hospital in the past month.
And so far the hospital has spent more than
$ 12,000 trying to track down the cause with
limited success.
Three infants who were in the hospital's new-born
intensive- car- e unit and four employees
who worked there developed symptoms and
have been confirmed as having the disease, said
Steve Pearson, manager of the hospital's infec-tion
control unit There could be others carrying
hepatitis who are unaware they have it because
they have no symptoms, be added. 4
Hepabos-- B is an infection of the blood that
cancause nausea, vomiting, joint pain and jaun-dice
yellowing of the skin. It also can lead to
liver cancer and kidney failure.
It is not considered an especially infectious
disease because, for the virus to be transmitted,
it must enter a victim's bloodstream. In hospi-tals,
problems in blood transfusions and acci-dental
jabs with unstenlized hypodermic nee-dles
are the two most common ways in which
the disease is spread.
" It's unusual," Dr. Bruce Hamory said of the
outbreak, " because it's in one area." Hamory,
director of the infection control unit and the
chief detective searching for the source of the
outbreak, said cases usually are isolated. Two
sometimes occur at opposite ends of a hospital,
he said, but seldom are there more than one in a
single ward or unit
Hamory said his cunousity has been piqued.
But that's not the only reason University Hospi-tal
has spent so much tune and money trying to
find the source of its outbreak.
When the first four victims two nurses and
two infants from the newborn intensive care
unit came down with the disease in early Jan--
t
uary, the infection control unit began searching
for the ongm of the virus in what soon became a
classic medical mystery.
After consultation with the Centers for Dis-ease
Control in Atlanta, Ga the testing center
that finally succeeded in identifying the Legion-naires'
disease virus Hamory's staff began
an extensive senes of tests.
Every infant who had been in the unit since
last summer and all hospital employees who
had physical contact with them more than 200
infants and staff members in all were exam-ined
at a cost of about $ 60per person.
Three additional victims were identified dur-ing
the examination process. And that's when
the story became complicated.
If one person had become ill at least two
weeks before the others, Hamory said, he would
have had a lead, perhaps a big step toward dis- -
See VIRUS, Page 8A
Noon Missouri invitational
women's track meet, Hearnes
Center
238 pjn. Missouri men's bas-ketball
vs Iowa, State, Hearnes
Center.
7: 30 pjn. " Capers," talent
show at Rock Bridge High
School, tickets $ 2.
7.- 3- 0 p. m. " Much Ado About
Nothing," play at Stephens Col-lege,
Warehouse Theatre, tick-ets
$ 4 50 and $ 3 50.
Inside
BustoMM 7A
Classified : 3- 4- B
Comics .6A
Opinion 4A
Record 7A
Sports 1- 3- C
Longtime M. U. team doctor dies at 75
ByMfchaalKodas
Mlssourian staff writer
Missouri football will never be as
healthy again.
Dr. James M. Baker, Tiger foot-ball
team doctor for 40 years until he
retired in 1977, died Thursday at
Boone Hospital Center of. double
pnuemonia. He was 75.
Services will begin at 2 pjn. Sun-day
at the Missouri United Method-ist
Church, 204 S. Ninth St
Dan Devine, head coach of the Ti-gers
from 1857 to 1971, saw Dr. Bak-er
as one of the forerunners m sports
medicine and a great fan.
" Jim deeply felt victory and de-feat,"
Devine said from Palo Alto,
Calif. " The doctor took a very per-sonal
interest in the kids," Device
said. " He was never too busy when it
came to the welfare of a player.
" He made a great contribution to
the advancemenfof sports medicine,
the University, and college foot-ball,"
Devine said. " He was also a
great athlete and a great friend."
Tiger trainer Fred Wapple thought
of Dr. Baker as a great asset to the
team, even in his retirement
" He was totally dedicated to the
Missouri Tigers," Wapple said. " He
was a great guy and ( this is) a great
loss."
Dr. Baker came to Columbia m
1927, hitchhiking here from his fami-ly's
farm in Sikcston, Mo., with $ 10
and a desire to enroll at the Univer-sity.
The next fall be was a tackle on
the Tiger football team. He contin-ued
on the team and lettered in 1929
and 1930.
Dr. Baker received his bachelor's
degree from the University in 1932
and his medical degree from Wash-ington
University in 1934.
. In 1935, he roamed Margaret El-len
Brewer. After marrying, the cou-ple
returned to Columbia for the rest
of their lives. Mrs. Baker died last
summsr.
In 1937, Dr. Baker became the first
resident doctor at Boone Hospital
Center. In 1938, he was appointed to
the staff of the hospital and even- -
1
tually served as the hospital's chief
of staff. He was placed on the hospi-tal's
honorary staff in August 1978.
Also in 1938, he began his pnvate
practice and became Tiger football's
first doctor. His 40 years of service
as team doctor was interrupted only
by a tour of duty with the Army Med-ical
Reserve beginning in February
1941.
He returned from the war in 1945
with a Purple Heart and a Silver
Star.
Dr. Baker was a fellow of the
Amencan College of Surgeons. He
had served as president of the Boone
County Medical Society and presi-dent
of the Missouri United Method-ist
Church, where he was an active
member until death.
Although suffering from Parkin-son's
disease in his later years, be
seldom missed a Tiger football
game.
Dr. Baker is survived by a son,
James D., Baker; two daughters,
Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Martha
Acton; two brothers. Jack M. Baker
Dr. James M. Baker
Former M. U. team doctor dies
and Allen Baker; and four grandchil-dren,
all of Columbia.
Memorials should be sent to the
Missoun United Methodist Church
and the University of Missoun
sports medicine fund, 114 Alumni
Center, Columbia, Mo., 65201.
Four acts of violence
reported across state
in sixth day of strike
By Todd Copilevit2 and Renee Tawa
Mlssourian stall writers
A mid- Misso- un trucker and three
other Missouri men were among 1.- 1- 00
nationwide who reported violent
incidents related to the independent
truckers' stnke Fnday, the bloodiest
day yet of the six- da- o- ld protest
The Missoun State Highway Pa-trol
received two reports of sniper
incidents, including one from a mid- Missoun- an
Charles Dailing of
Clark, Mo Dailing said he was dnv- m- g
north of Martinsburg, Mo , when
two people in a passing car pumped
two bullets into his trailer Dailing
was uninjured. The Highway Patrol
believes the gunman was using a
357 magnum
In another incident, a Hartville,
Mo , dnver was wounded by gunfire,
according to the Highway Patrol
James Arnell was dnving south on
Interstate 55 near Bloomsdale about
3 20 a m Friday when his truck and
one behind him were sprayed from a
pickup passing at what he estimated
to be more than 100 mph
Arnell, who was hit three inches
below the knee, was treated at a St
Genevieve, Mo , hospital. The other
driver escaped injury, though his
truck was struck in the gnll
Sniper fire was reported by a
trucker who said his ng was struck
six times while traveling on U S 65
near the Iowa border between 9 30
and 10 30 a m. Fnday In addition,
Lt Ralph Biele of the Highway Pa-trol
said five objects were dropped
on trucks from overpasses, and two
truckers reported their brake hoses
cut
" I don't know if that's something
new that's going to spnng up," Biele
said of the brake- cuttin- g incidents
" It's the type of thing that could
cause a bad accident "
In addition, the Highway Patrol
has recorded 12 other sniping inci-dents,
four inj unes and eight slashed
tires since the stnke began The
Highwa Patrol is putting more
state troopers on the road at ninht
Nationwide more than 1.700 vio- len- t.
stnke- relate- d incidents have
been reported, scores of dnvers
hae been injured and one hrfs died
of a gunshot wound to the chest
The Owner- Operat- or Independent
Dnvers, headquaitcd in Gram Val-ley
. Mo . estimates 250 000 indepen-dent
and company drivers are keep-ing
their rigs off the roads The
independents who deli er 95 percent
of the nation s produce want Con-gress
to repeal a legislative package
approved in December that includes
a 5- cents- a-
- gallon fuel tax increase
and increases in road- us- er fees and
excise taxes
Although the effects of the shut-down
have not yet beep felt locally
Lady Baltimore, a wholesale compa-ny
in Kansas City, Kan . said dehv- en- es
by independent truckers have
declined 50 percent m the past week
The company distnbutes produce to
hospitals and schools throughout
Missoun and Kansas
A spokesman for the Independent
Truckers of Amenca. the group that
called the stnke, said that of its 100.- 00- 0
members, an estimated 70.000
are on strike and will stay out until
stomachs growling around the coun-try
are heard in Congress
ITA President Mike Parkhurst de-manded
Fnday that Congress re-scind
the fuel tax and highway fees,
raise the speed limit from 55 to 65
mph and use federal highway money
to keep states from raising the road
fees thev charge truckers
But President Reagan vowed that
Congress will not back down
The president said at a press con-ference,
" The worst thing in the
world we could do would be to let
any group of citizens sav they could
change the laws of this country by
committing muraer "
Parkhurst repeatedly has said the
independents are not causing the l- o- lence
Tax reassessment delays
produce mixed reactions
By Jeffrey R Scott
State capital bureau
JEFFERSON CITY Almost ev-eryone
connected with the statewide
property tax reassessment onginal- l- y
scheduled for completion at the
end of this year agrees it will not be
finished on time Unforeseen prob-lems,
including faulty computers
and aenal mapping problems
caused by a shortage of air traffic
controllers, have caused delays in
more than one- thir- d of Missoun's
counties
The delays have forced a standoff
between business interests and legis-lators,
said Sam Jones, chairman of
the State Tax Commission, which
oversees the project
" Those who pushed for passage of
Constitutional Amendment 7 Last
summer are on one side," she said
" But," Jones said, because of the
needs of some counties, " the legis-lature
feels it needs an additional
session And the Tax Commission is
caught in the middle "
Amendment 7 requires the legis-lature
to repeal the tax on business
inventones and to set percentages
on classes of property to determine
taxation Business interests are
pushing for rapid completion of reas-sessment
because the business in-ventory
tax will not be repealed until
reassessment is finished
" We're disappointed," said Curtis
Long, president of Associated Indus- -
tnes of Missoun, a Jefferson City- bas- ed
lobbying group ' We'd like to
see ( the inventory tax) repealed at
the earliest possible date That's the
hardest part about the one- ye- ar ex-tension
"
The Senate Ways and Means Com-mittee
decided Last Tuesday to delay
reassessment for one year Although
agreeing with the delay, Sen Fred
Dyer, R-- St Charles, says reassess-ment
must be finished quickly
" Data compiled by counties that
are finishing on tune become out of
date Then you have to allow for oth-er
factors, such as inflation and de-preciation
" Dyer has sponsored leg-islation
to implement the property
classification constitutional amend-ment
Dyer says his county can complete
reassessment on time, " if the state
helps out financially "
Reassessment will cost the state
$ 60 million, estimated Rep Estil
Fretwell, D- Cant- on, chairman of the
House Property Classification Com-mittee.
Thirty million dolars of that
already has been appropnated, he
said, so there is $ 30 million more still
available
In January, Jones came before the
Ways and Means Committee and
Se REASSESSMENT, Page 8A
City leads in race
for car seat plant
By Holly Selby
Mlssourian staff writer
Tricon decision- make- rs think Co-lumbia
might be the nght place to lo-cate
a seat assembly plant for
Chrysler's 1984 sports cars, a com-pany
sales representative said Fn-day.
Harry Blackward said Tncon will
present an official report to Chrysler
on Feb. 10, but the decision will be
made earlier.
" Right now Columbia looks like
the most ideal spot," Blackward
said.
The choice is between Columbia
and Cape Girardeau, Mo. Tncon had
onginally chosen Earth City, Mo.,
but opted against it because of po-tential
union conflicts.
Tncon needs two factones. One
will be for seat assembly and the
other will be a seat sew- u- p factory.
If Columbia is selected as the loca-tion
for both, the move would net the
city 400 to 500 newjobs.
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Sen. Norman Merrell assists Columbia construction workers. bhmcni
Campaigning for governor can be tough
By Michael Sawteki
Mlssourian staff writer
Sen. Norman L. Merrell came to
Columbia Fnday to demonstrate
how duly a business politics can
really be, especially if you're run-ning
for governor.
He spent the day laying the foun-dation
for his campaign by helping
tear up a floor at the Woodrail subdi-vision
south of the city. Others have
strolled into the governor's mansion;
Merrell hopes to get there through
manual labor.
" The idea is to work side by side
with everyone," explains Merrell, D- MontJc- eQo
" This gives me a chance
to discuss what problems people
face."
Dressed in coveralls and work
boots, the president pro- te- m of the
Senate sweated alongside employees
of the Charles Bice Construction Co.,
who are remodeling a triplex. The
others got paid; Merrell, who spent
the day shoveling debris and moving
materials, didn't.
With any hick, though, the gim- -
mick could pay off m the 1984 prima-ries,
then the general election in No-vember.
It did for another Democrat, Flor-ida
Gov. Bob Graham, from whom
Merrell freely admits he got the
idea. Merrell says Graham spent the
months before Florida's 1979 prima-ry
sharing the toil of those he hoped
would become his constituents.
The ambitious senator says his ef-fort,
the first of its kind in Missouri
politics, is designed to enable him to
learn first hand about the concerns
of MJssourians
" I did not want to make it a politi-cal
ploy," says Merrell, who plans to
announce his candidacy for governor
Feb. 11. Participatory politicking is
a tune- honore- d American tradition,
though perhaps its most famous pro-ponent
was AdTai Stevenson, who
wore out dozens of shoes in the 1950s
walking the country in hopes the
campaign trail would lead him into
the White House. Others have since
followed the same course, but Gra-ham's
approach has been less widely
publicized.
" I analyzed his program and mod-ified
it a bit," says Merrell
So far the senator has worked at
five jobs mounting truck beds at a
factory in Sedalia, caring for pa-tients
in a nursing home in
Kirksville, moving stainless steel
milk tanks in a factory in Springfield
and working on the docks at St Jo-seph
Merrell, who will work in a
hospital in Sw. Louis next week, has
more than 100 jobs lined up across
the state for the next several
months
" People are distant at first," Mer-rell
says. " But when they know you
are sincere, when you really do the
work, they begin to open up."
A cloud of dust billowed around
Men- ell'- s gray head as he dumped a
load of concrete chips, shattered
lumber and lengths of wire mesh
into the back of a pickup truck.
" People want to know that there
will be a better place for their chil-dren
to live," says Merrell, who
adds that unemployment and the
high cost of utilities are the com-plaints
he has heard most often.
Hard work is the key to Merrell's
' Working Together" program Fri-day
he showed up at the job carrying
a sack lunch and his own work glov-es
he calls ahead to determine
what attire he'll need, he says, and
whether there's dining facilities
nearby. His conscientiousness has
made him a popular albeit tempo-rary
employee
But he's popular with more than
just employers who get a free day of
labor from the energetic 59- year--
old.
" We figured he'd just come here
for show," said Steve Rice of 4326
Bethney Drive, one of the laborers
who chatted with the senator when
their chores took them within
earshot of one another Fnday, " but
he put in a full day and really
worked hard "
Merrell is used to the daily gnnd
Not only has he spent 12 years in the
Senate, but he works his own farm in
Northeast Missouri
" He comes across like a real coun-try
boy," says Rice, " easy going I
don't know; we'll probably invite
him out for a beer after work."
Hepatitis strikes seven at University Hospital,
where doctors, unsure of what happened, keep
Trying to solve Colombia's medical mystery
By Chris Beniley and Cathy Seabaugh
Mlssourian staff writers
Seven people have come down with hepatuas-- B
at University Hospital in the past month.
And so far the hospital has spent more than
$ 12,000 trying to track down the cause with
limited success.
Three infants who were in the hospital's new-born
intensive- car- e unit and four employees
who worked there developed symptoms and
have been confirmed as having the disease, said
Steve Pearson, manager of the hospital's infec-tion
control unit There could be others carrying
hepatitis who are unaware they have it because
they have no symptoms, be added. 4
Hepabos-- B is an infection of the blood that
cancause nausea, vomiting, joint pain and jaun-dice
yellowing of the skin. It also can lead to
liver cancer and kidney failure.
It is not considered an especially infectious
disease because, for the virus to be transmitted,
it must enter a victim's bloodstream. In hospi-tals,
problems in blood transfusions and acci-dental
jabs with unstenlized hypodermic nee-dles
are the two most common ways in which
the disease is spread.
" It's unusual," Dr. Bruce Hamory said of the
outbreak, " because it's in one area." Hamory,
director of the infection control unit and the
chief detective searching for the source of the
outbreak, said cases usually are isolated. Two
sometimes occur at opposite ends of a hospital,
he said, but seldom are there more than one in a
single ward or unit
Hamory said his cunousity has been piqued.
But that's not the only reason University Hospi-tal
has spent so much tune and money trying to
find the source of its outbreak.
When the first four victims two nurses and
two infants from the newborn intensive care
unit came down with the disease in early Jan--
t
uary, the infection control unit began searching
for the ongm of the virus in what soon became a
classic medical mystery.
After consultation with the Centers for Dis-ease
Control in Atlanta, Ga the testing center
that finally succeeded in identifying the Legion-naires'
disease virus Hamory's staff began
an extensive senes of tests.
Every infant who had been in the unit since
last summer and all hospital employees who
had physical contact with them more than 200
infants and staff members in all were exam-ined
at a cost of about $ 60per person.
Three additional victims were identified dur-ing
the examination process. And that's when
the story became complicated.
If one person had become ill at least two
weeks before the others, Hamory said, he would
have had a lead, perhaps a big step toward dis- -
See VIRUS, Page 8A
Noon Missouri invitational
women's track meet, Hearnes
Center
238 pjn. Missouri men's bas-ketball
vs Iowa, State, Hearnes
Center.
7: 30 pjn. " Capers," talent
show at Rock Bridge High
School, tickets $ 2.
7.- 3- 0 p. m. " Much Ado About
Nothing," play at Stephens Col-lege,
Warehouse Theatre, tick-ets
$ 4 50 and $ 3 50.
Inside
BustoMM 7A
Classified : 3- 4- B
Comics .6A
Opinion 4A
Record 7A
Sports 1- 3- C
Longtime M. U. team doctor dies at 75
ByMfchaalKodas
Mlssourian staff writer
Missouri football will never be as
healthy again.
Dr. James M. Baker, Tiger foot-ball
team doctor for 40 years until he
retired in 1977, died Thursday at
Boone Hospital Center of. double
pnuemonia. He was 75.
Services will begin at 2 pjn. Sun-day
at the Missouri United Method-ist
Church, 204 S. Ninth St
Dan Devine, head coach of the Ti-gers
from 1857 to 1971, saw Dr. Bak-er
as one of the forerunners m sports
medicine and a great fan.
" Jim deeply felt victory and de-feat,"
Devine said from Palo Alto,
Calif. " The doctor took a very per-sonal
interest in the kids," Device
said. " He was never too busy when it
came to the welfare of a player.
" He made a great contribution to
the advancemenfof sports medicine,
the University, and college foot-ball,"
Devine said. " He was also a
great athlete and a great friend."
Tiger trainer Fred Wapple thought
of Dr. Baker as a great asset to the
team, even in his retirement
" He was totally dedicated to the
Missouri Tigers," Wapple said. " He
was a great guy and ( this is) a great
loss."
Dr. Baker came to Columbia m
1927, hitchhiking here from his fami-ly's
farm in Sikcston, Mo., with $ 10
and a desire to enroll at the Univer-sity.
The next fall be was a tackle on
the Tiger football team. He contin-ued
on the team and lettered in 1929
and 1930.
Dr. Baker received his bachelor's
degree from the University in 1932
and his medical degree from Wash-ington
University in 1934.
. In 1935, he roamed Margaret El-len
Brewer. After marrying, the cou-ple
returned to Columbia for the rest
of their lives. Mrs. Baker died last
summsr.
In 1937, Dr. Baker became the first
resident doctor at Boone Hospital
Center. In 1938, he was appointed to
the staff of the hospital and even- -
1
tually served as the hospital's chief
of staff. He was placed on the hospi-tal's
honorary staff in August 1978.
Also in 1938, he began his pnvate
practice and became Tiger football's
first doctor. His 40 years of service
as team doctor was interrupted only
by a tour of duty with the Army Med-ical
Reserve beginning in February
1941.
He returned from the war in 1945
with a Purple Heart and a Silver
Star.
Dr. Baker was a fellow of the
Amencan College of Surgeons. He
had served as president of the Boone
County Medical Society and presi-dent
of the Missouri United Method-ist
Church, where he was an active
member until death.
Although suffering from Parkin-son's
disease in his later years, be
seldom missed a Tiger football
game.
Dr. Baker is survived by a son,
James D., Baker; two daughters,
Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Martha
Acton; two brothers. Jack M. Baker
Dr. James M. Baker
Former M. U. team doctor dies
and Allen Baker; and four grandchil-dren,
all of Columbia.
Memorials should be sent to the
Missoun United Methodist Church
and the University of Missoun
sports medicine fund, 114 Alumni
Center, Columbia, Mo., 65201.
Four acts of violence
reported across state
in sixth day of strike
By Todd Copilevit2 and Renee Tawa
Mlssourian stall writers
A mid- Misso- un trucker and three
other Missouri men were among 1.- 1- 00
nationwide who reported violent
incidents related to the independent
truckers' stnke Fnday, the bloodiest
day yet of the six- da- o- ld protest
The Missoun State Highway Pa-trol
received two reports of sniper
incidents, including one from a mid- Missoun- an
Charles Dailing of
Clark, Mo Dailing said he was dnv- m- g
north of Martinsburg, Mo , when
two people in a passing car pumped
two bullets into his trailer Dailing
was uninjured. The Highway Patrol
believes the gunman was using a
357 magnum
In another incident, a Hartville,
Mo , dnver was wounded by gunfire,
according to the Highway Patrol
James Arnell was dnving south on
Interstate 55 near Bloomsdale about
3 20 a m Friday when his truck and
one behind him were sprayed from a
pickup passing at what he estimated
to be more than 100 mph
Arnell, who was hit three inches
below the knee, was treated at a St
Genevieve, Mo , hospital. The other
driver escaped injury, though his
truck was struck in the gnll
Sniper fire was reported by a
trucker who said his ng was struck
six times while traveling on U S 65
near the Iowa border between 9 30
and 10 30 a m. Fnday In addition,
Lt Ralph Biele of the Highway Pa-trol
said five objects were dropped
on trucks from overpasses, and two
truckers reported their brake hoses
cut
" I don't know if that's something
new that's going to spnng up," Biele
said of the brake- cuttin- g incidents
" It's the type of thing that could
cause a bad accident "
In addition, the Highway Patrol
has recorded 12 other sniping inci-dents,
four inj unes and eight slashed
tires since the stnke began The
Highwa Patrol is putting more
state troopers on the road at ninht
Nationwide more than 1.700 vio- len- t.
stnke- relate- d incidents have
been reported, scores of dnvers
hae been injured and one hrfs died
of a gunshot wound to the chest
The Owner- Operat- or Independent
Dnvers, headquaitcd in Gram Val-ley
. Mo . estimates 250 000 indepen-dent
and company drivers are keep-ing
their rigs off the roads The
independents who deli er 95 percent
of the nation s produce want Con-gress
to repeal a legislative package
approved in December that includes
a 5- cents- a-
- gallon fuel tax increase
and increases in road- us- er fees and
excise taxes
Although the effects of the shut-down
have not yet beep felt locally
Lady Baltimore, a wholesale compa-ny
in Kansas City, Kan . said dehv- en- es
by independent truckers have
declined 50 percent m the past week
The company distnbutes produce to
hospitals and schools throughout
Missoun and Kansas
A spokesman for the Independent
Truckers of Amenca. the group that
called the stnke, said that of its 100.- 00- 0
members, an estimated 70.000
are on strike and will stay out until
stomachs growling around the coun-try
are heard in Congress
ITA President Mike Parkhurst de-manded
Fnday that Congress re-scind
the fuel tax and highway fees,
raise the speed limit from 55 to 65
mph and use federal highway money
to keep states from raising the road
fees thev charge truckers
But President Reagan vowed that
Congress will not back down
The president said at a press con-ference,
" The worst thing in the
world we could do would be to let
any group of citizens sav they could
change the laws of this country by
committing muraer "
Parkhurst repeatedly has said the
independents are not causing the l- o- lence
Tax reassessment delays
produce mixed reactions
By Jeffrey R Scott
State capital bureau
JEFFERSON CITY Almost ev-eryone
connected with the statewide
property tax reassessment onginal- l- y
scheduled for completion at the
end of this year agrees it will not be
finished on time Unforeseen prob-lems,
including faulty computers
and aenal mapping problems
caused by a shortage of air traffic
controllers, have caused delays in
more than one- thir- d of Missoun's
counties
The delays have forced a standoff
between business interests and legis-lators,
said Sam Jones, chairman of
the State Tax Commission, which
oversees the project
" Those who pushed for passage of
Constitutional Amendment 7 Last
summer are on one side," she said
" But," Jones said, because of the
needs of some counties, " the legis-lature
feels it needs an additional
session And the Tax Commission is
caught in the middle "
Amendment 7 requires the legis-lature
to repeal the tax on business
inventones and to set percentages
on classes of property to determine
taxation Business interests are
pushing for rapid completion of reas-sessment
because the business in-ventory
tax will not be repealed until
reassessment is finished
" We're disappointed," said Curtis
Long, president of Associated Indus- -
tnes of Missoun, a Jefferson City- bas- ed
lobbying group ' We'd like to
see ( the inventory tax) repealed at
the earliest possible date That's the
hardest part about the one- ye- ar ex-tension
"
The Senate Ways and Means Com-mittee
decided Last Tuesday to delay
reassessment for one year Although
agreeing with the delay, Sen Fred
Dyer, R-- St Charles, says reassess-ment
must be finished quickly
" Data compiled by counties that
are finishing on tune become out of
date Then you have to allow for oth-er
factors, such as inflation and de-preciation
" Dyer has sponsored leg-islation
to implement the property
classification constitutional amend-ment
Dyer says his county can complete
reassessment on time, " if the state
helps out financially "
Reassessment will cost the state
$ 60 million, estimated Rep Estil
Fretwell, D- Cant- on, chairman of the
House Property Classification Com-mittee.
Thirty million dolars of that
already has been appropnated, he
said, so there is $ 30 million more still
available
In January, Jones came before the
Ways and Means Committee and
Se REASSESSMENT, Page 8A
City leads in race
for car seat plant
By Holly Selby
Mlssourian staff writer
Tricon decision- make- rs think Co-lumbia
might be the nght place to lo-cate
a seat assembly plant for
Chrysler's 1984 sports cars, a com-pany
sales representative said Fn-day.
Harry Blackward said Tncon will
present an official report to Chrysler
on Feb. 10, but the decision will be
made earlier.
" Right now Columbia looks like
the most ideal spot," Blackward
said.
The choice is between Columbia
and Cape Girardeau, Mo. Tncon had
onginally chosen Earth City, Mo.,
but opted against it because of po-tential
union conflicts.
Tncon needs two factones. One
will be for seat assembly and the
other will be a seat sew- u- p factory.
If Columbia is selected as the loca-tion
for both, the move would net the
city 400 to 500 newjobs.
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